"papegaai" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-papegaai.wav Forms: papegaaie [plural], papegaaitjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch papegaai, from Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, ultimately from Arabic ببغاء, of onomatopoeic origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|papegaai}} Dutch papegaai, {{inh|af|dum|papegay}} Middle Dutch papegay, {{der|af|fro|papegai}} Old French papegai, {{der|af|ar|ببغاء}} Arabic ببغاء Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|papegaaie|||||diminutive|papegaaitjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} papegaai (plural papegaaie, diminutive papegaaitjie), {{af-noun|e|papegaaitjie}} papegaai (plural papegaaie, diminutive papegaaitjie)
  1. a parrot
    Sense id: en-papegaai-af-noun-gPptoZ0l
  2. (figuratively) a person who parrots, or repeats uncritically, the words of others Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Parrots
    Sense id: en-papegaai-af-noun-NDytBZEP Disambiguation of Parrots: 34 66 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 55 19 9 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 58 24 6 5 4

Inflected forms

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